Waihi Landscape
Maker
Charles Tole
Production date
1943
Description
In this painting Charles Tole has reduced the buildings to flat geometric forms in the landscape and the hills overlap into semi-abstract forms and shapes. Tole’s subject interest in buildings stemmed from his admiration for early Cubist paintings by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that featured houses and buildings in the landscape.
Charles Tole (1903–1988) worked full-time as a civil servant and didn’t start painting until he was in his 30s. Tole was influenced by his brother, John, who was a painter and taught him about art and the art scene. Like many other New Zealand painters Tole was also inspired by John Weeks, who taught at Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland from 1929 to 1954. Weeks use of cubist qualities to describe New Zealand settings informed Tole’s own approach which was to continue well into his painting career.
Object detail
245 x 292mm (image)
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